Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata has been recorded so many times, we found it hard to choose just one for our 32 Sonatas in 32 Days feature. So, we hear it twice tonight. And some other moon music as well.
Under the Double Moon
Beethoven didn't come up with the name "Moonlight" for his piano sonata — that was a music critic, who said it reminded him of "a moonlit night on lake Lucerne." Thanks to Beethoven's publisher (who doubled as publicist in those days), the name stuck. We hear two very different versions: ...
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